Wagon-stake



(No Model.)

W. A. HANNA.

WAGON STAKE. No.' 246,308.

Patented Aug. 30,1881.

Per I UNrrED STATES PATENT QEEICEO WILLIAM A. HANNA, OF HENRY, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-STAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,308, dated August30, 1881.

Application filed July 11, 1881.

To all whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. HANNA, of Henry, in the county ofMarshall, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Wagon-Stake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which likeletters ot' referencerefer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a side view,Fig.2 edge view, Fig. 3 sectional top view, through x ai.

H is one end ofthe wooden bolsterof afreight or farm wagon.

My wagon-stake consists, primarily, of one long bent strip of datbar-iron, A, and one bent strip ot strap-iron, B.

So far as I know there has never been constructed before this awagon-stake entirely ot wrought-iron.

The strip of bar-iron A is straight from A to A2, at which latter pointit is bent to a. curve ot' about three-fourths of an inch radius, and isagain made straight and parallel to said other part A A2. from saidcurved part A2 to the point A3. From A3 to A4 it is bent ot'tat an angleof about thirty-tive degrees, to serve as a brace. To fasten this stripof bar-iron A tothe bolster I bend the end A in at right anglcs to thevertical part A A2, and put the bolt F through it and said bolster. Theother end, A5, I also bend in parallel with the bolster and put throughit and said holster the bolt K. To further brace this stake I prolongthe end A5 and bend it up to AG. At this latter point, A6, I flatten itedgewise till it is thick enough to receive the rivet B and narrowenough to come between the two parts ot" the bent strip of strap-iron Bat that point.

In my plans which I had tiled as a caveat in last March the end AG waswelded to the inside of the part between A and A2 ofthe strip ofbar-iron; but my new way Iregard as both cheaper and stronger. In saidcaveat the end A A was also attached 1n a different way to the bolster.I then hammered said end out into a bolt; but that was a much harder waythan my present one.

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The strip ot'strap-iron B is bent as shown iu Fig. 2 at B3, from whichpoint to B2 and B4 it is straight, and lits in grooves G, about threethirty-seconds of an inch deep, made in the' inside of the strip ofbar-iron A, (Shown in crosssection in Fig. 3, and also in Fig. 2 by thedotted lines from B2 up to B3 and down to B4.) This strip B is seeuredto the bar-iron A by being pressed into said grooves G and held by thebolts D D. It is fastened to the bolster H by the bolt E through itsends B and B5. The slanting parts B B2 and B4 B5 serve as side braces tothe stake.

The stakerin gs C G are also in ade of narrow strap-iron, bent as shownin Fig. 3, and secured to the stake by the rivets R R. This riveting isnot done so tightly as to prevent the rings C from being turned downagainst the stake, and yet is snug enough to prevent any rattling. Theserivets It R also help to hold the strap- `iron in place, even should thebolts D D get loose.

The space between B3 and A2 serves as an eye to attach a rope or chainto.

This wagon-stake is used the same as is the ordinary wooden one.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, isas follows, to wit:

1. As a wagon-stake, the strip of bariron, straight from A to A2 andfrom A2 to A2, curved at A2, and bent off at an angle from A3 lo A4,with grooves G G, and having its ends fastened to the bolster H, incombination with the strip ot' strap-iron B, bent as shown, and havingits ends bolted to the bolster H.

2. The strip ot' bar-iron A, with grooves G G, bent ends A and A6, withbolts F and K, the strip of strap-iron B, with bolts E and D D, andstake-rings C G, with rivets It R', in combination with the bolster H,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set myhand this 27th day of June, 1881.

WILLIAM A. HANNA.

Witnesses:

E. D. WAY, W. W. REYNoLDs.

